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‘He Would Be a Mayor to Unite Each and Everyone’: Abner Louima Endorses Eric Adams for City Hall

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams received a mayoral endorsement on Tuesday from Abner Louima, whose brutal mistreatment at a Brooklyn police station a quarter-century ago sent shockwaves throughout the city and the nation.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams received a mayoral endorsement on Tuesday from Abner Louima, whose brutal mistreatment at a Brooklyn police station a quarter-century ago sent shockwaves throughout the city and the nation.

Louima, a Haitian immigrant who was sodomized with a stick by an officer in 1997, said he had flown up from his home state of Florida to publicly offer his endorsement to the former NYPD captain.

Eric Adams, left, is endorsed by Abner Louima outside City Hall on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams received a mayoral endorsement on Tuesday from Abner Louima, whose brutal mistreatment at a Brooklyn police station a quarter-century ago sent shockwaves throughout the city and the nation.

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